Herbert Opitz

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
2 ships sunk, total tonnage 3,283 GRT
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 925 tons

Born	7 Mar 1915		Magdeburg
Died	30 Nov 1941	(26)	Bay of Biscay

Ranks

8 Apr 1934		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Sep 1941		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross First Class
		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		U-boat War Badge 1939

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-5	12 Aug 1940	27 Mar 1941	No war patrols
U-206	17 May 1941	30 Nov 1941 (+)	3 patrols (68 days)

Patrol info for Herbert Opitz

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-206	5 Aug 1941	Trondheim	10 Sep 1941	St. Nazaire	Patrol 1,	37 days
2.	U-206	30 Sep 1941	St. Nazaire	28 Oct 1941	St. Nazaire	Patrol 2,	29 days
3.	U-206	29 Nov 1941	St. Nazaire	30 Nov 1941	Sunk	Patrol 3,	2 days
3 patrols, 68 days at sea

Ships hit by Herbert Opitz

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
9 Aug 1941	U-206	Ocean Victor	202	br
14 Oct 1941	U-206	HMS Fleur de Lys (K 122)	925	br	OG-75
19 Oct 1941	U-206	Baron Kelvin	3,081	br
			4,208
3 ships sunk (4,208 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.